English Explanatory Dictionary

tenaille

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.

Word forms

tenaille tenailles

Etymology

From French tenaille (“a pair of pincers or tongs”), from Latin tenaculum. See tenaculum and tenaillon.

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